LM Cylinders may also be custom designed to suit specific customer applications.

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1. Heads and Caps Square, precision-machined 6061T6 anodized or black painted aluminum. Corrosion resistant. Assures concentricity of tube, bearing, cushion and piston rod. Can be made proximity switch ready to accept same probe-length switches at each end without spacers.

4. Lubrication Reservoirs Located underneath wear band inside piston and also inside the bearing cartridge. Provides effective way of metering maximum amount of lubricant to all areas over a long time period. Not subject to air turbulence and contamination.

18. Optional Proximity Switch Capability (not shown) Allows for non-contact piston position sensing at near end of stroke. Precision machined cylinder heads and piston cushion hubs allow for in-port mounting of "RF inductive" proximity switches using the same switch probe length at each cylinder end without shims or spacers underneath the switch. Self-contained switch probe not subject to contamination. This patented design creates the same air gap between the sensing probe and target (cushion hubs), thus providing consistent, reliable and repeatable stroke-to-go. Eliminates the design and construction of brackets necessary to mount mechanical limit switches. US Pat. No. 4,726,282 & D 295,753